HMV portable gramophone, UK, c 1931.

Image number: 10325634

Gramophone made by His Master's Voice (HMV). Shown in 'The Age of the Mass 1914-1939', display case in the 'Making the Modern World' gallery, Science Museum, London. In Britain sales of gramophones rose from 4 to 26 per cent of musical instruments between 1907 and 1926.